[ubuntu-uk] I cannot get the wireless to work on Netbook.......

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

John Matthews wrote:

>>   
> Sorry, thought I had mentioned it, its an Acer Aspire One. There is a 
> little button at the front of the netbook, have been holding onto that 
> for ages, and still nothing. No list has appeared. I have the option 
> connect automatically ticked in the wireless settings, and nothing. Its 
> like the wireless has gone. It worked before the update, I updated using 
> the wireless.
> 
> John
> 

FWIW I bought an Acer Aspire one last year and had HUGE problems getting
it to connect to my wireless at ALL. In the end I took it back and
swapped it for a Toshiba NB100 - which of course connected to the
wireless first go!
(I've always had Toshiba portables....)